Why Have a Blog or a Journal?

Why do people tend to have these, these means of letting their thoughts and feelings out into written form?

I know what I've said or explained or gotten out of my head may seem pointless to many, but to me, it means everything.

The words, phrases, paragraphs, pages that I have written from my own mind and those that I have quoted from others mean so much to me. This "blog" is my diary. It's my inner most thoughts and feelings about anything and everything that happens around me. If I do not get these out into writing, I tend to go insane. This is my way of escaping from the constant stresses and problems of my day. It's sweet release. It makes me feel normal, sane.

When I let these inner thoughts of my being go, it's terrifying. But, at the same time, it's refreshing. It helps me map out what's going on in my head and it makes it easier to breathe and think in a rational manner.

Ask Alex, before I started writing or "blogging" if you will, I was crazy. I was lonely all the time and I didn't know how to fix myself. I discovered the power of writing again and honestly, it saved me and my relationship.

I had another episode of loneliness on Thursday, and I realize it was because I hadn't written anything in some time and Alex pointed that out. He really saves me from myself a lot. I love him so much. He means everything to me. He and my writing are the only things that keep me sane.

The way my mind works is not rational at all. My thoughts bounce around and escape in the most random ways and sometimes not the way I mean them to or the way I want them to and this writing helps me to make sense and direction of my thoughts.

So before you go negatively criticizing someone's blog, or journal, or painting, or writing, novel, sculpture, art, remember that it's their heart and soul materialized into something tangible. Something that has inspired them and something they hope inspires others. Something they are intensely passionate about and put their life into. Think about how it would make you feel if someone criticized your passion.